St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-03


| is mutual,'' retorted Mr.. O'Brien, and
everybody Uttered as Mr.. Mum blushed.
John Daly-that's his stage name, his
right name being Johnny GordOn-said
he accompanied Mrs. Williams and Miss
COmpStOn from the latter'S room to the
depot to take the train for Minneapolis
on the Sunday morning after the al
legged assault. Miss COmpSton walked
without assistance and without any in
dicatiOn of difficulty or feebleneSS. She
was perfectly fresh and strong, walked
quite natural, and turned aside herself
to pluck some flowers. Sunday he did
not know anything about the outrage,
nor that she was in bed: She didn't
in his crOsS-eXamination, endeavOred to
make it appear that the witness was
getting paid for his testimony, but,
owing to the exceeding promptneSS of
the witness, he failed sadly. mo,
ma'am," he once said in answer to one
of Mr.. Munn's questions, and then, as
the witness tried to correct his etiquette,
Capt. Hart said softly: ''That's all
right: that isn't any mistake" Every
body saw the point, while Mr.. Mum
again blushed.
To impeach the integrity of DR.. Brin-
ley, DIR. E. j. Abbott was called, aid
gave some startling evidence about how
Drs. Brinley and Fay and Mr.. Mum
had tried to prevent him from making
an examination for the defense and to
ascertain if she could attend the munic-
ipal court. at the time he went to Min
neapOlis for that purpose. When the
examination finally did take place there
were seven or eight men present in an
adjoining room from Miss CompStOn,
and with the door ajar, and her nervous
ness or fever was largely due to this.
Yet, while in his opinion he did not
consider her very sick girl, he did not
like to take the responsibility of having
her brought down to st. Paul for the
municipal court hearing, In reply to
Mr.. Munn'S questions he said there was
nothing said about innocence; she SIM
ply did not want to be examined, if it
was not absolutely necessary.
AN ACTORS ACTING.
To everybody'S amusement Hal Reid
was called forward. He strobe forward
with dramatic bearing. As he held
his right hand high aloft, when Clerk
Armstrong was putting the oath. his at
titude was Still more dramatic; but when
in SOnOrOuS tones and ariStOcratic accent
he responded 81 will tell the truth, with
Stage-like cadence. and an impreSSiv
emphasis upon the word truth" the
dramatic climax had come. and none
could refrain from the general mirth.
He strobe to the witness chair, and
asked Judge Kelly for drink of water
He arose to receive the glass, and as the
WOuld-be grave judge handed it to him
he made profound bow. Then he and
Miss COmpston sat with piercing looks
into each others eyes, while the audi
ence continued to litter, and his law
yers, MeSSrs. O'Brien and Hart, went in
to such parOXysmS OF laughter that each
shed tears, and had to go out to try to
get over it, They failed to get over it,
for when they again took their seats
they had to bury their faces in their
hands. Judge Kelly, laughing only out
of his eyes, for his features were firmly
set, said: Il can't understand the Occa-
sion of so much levity." 1--we got an
attack of nervousness. your honor"
said the representing lawyer; "a sud-
den attack, whether nervousness or
paralysis | cannot tell, and i am doing
my best to overcome it." What Hal
Reid's examination amounted to may be
gathered from the following questions
and answers culled from the inQuiSi-
ton:
''How long have you been in the
city?'
LAS near as can remember it's about
three years.
did you use any violence in the
commission of the act you are charged
with?"
There was no necessity for using any
violence: / did not, sir'' with the EN-
phasis on ''nOt.'o
did she try to resist yOu?"
No. sir (and an awful mo- it was).
''Did she faint?'
hot ;c oh cl,
not
He testified that he left St. Paul about
10:30 Sunday morning and went to New
port in a carriage from the WinSlOw
house, and then went to Chicago to get
employment at dramatic agency; went
to Alliance, O., stayed there until his
arrest and voluntarily came back to st.
Paul without requiSitiOn. Then the
direct examination continued:
Question-The prOSecutriX says you
took her up in your arms and flung her
violently upon the bed-is that SO?
Reid did not do so.
Reid said he had been eighteen
months Oh the stage; was twenty-five
years of age on the 14th of last April;
that his wife had left him; that they had
been married Feb. 25, 1879.
He said he never threatened to mur-
der Miss CompstOn, and only kissed her
when she kissed him. He was then
cross-examined. and this is about the
style of his replies:
Il have been married, Mr.. Mum. Ny
wife left me, and had stated that she
would never live with me again. She
had left me about seven weeks"
''1ad you been living together?"
Reid-We had been existing together.
l went back Friday afternoon at Miss
Compston's special invitation. The
time was fixed when Mrs. Williams was
to be absent.
The questions and answers that follow
ed were such as will not bear publication.
Reid said he had been criminally init
mate with Maud on Thursday prior to
the day of the alleged outrage. The at
tOrneys had some more vigorous spar
ring, and it looked as if they were going
to fight all night, so Judge Kelly adj |
jOurned the court at 5:21 p. IN. Re1d'S |
testimony will be resumed on cross-ex-
animation this morning.
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